Viruses

A few days ago, one of the most respected publications in the science - "Nature", dedicated one of his articles to coronavirus vaccines and found that there are 78 confirmed active projects, 73 are currently at exploratory or preclinical stages and 5 of them are in the first phase of clinical trials, Prof.

In the last 24 hours, 40 new cases of coronavirus infected people have been proved, Yambol is the new area where the infection has been detected. The total number of the cases in the Bulgaria is 735, the Prof. Mutafchiiski announced at a regular briefing this morning.

Of the 40 new cases, 14 are hospitalized. 29 cases are in Sofia.

The increase from yesterday is 5.8%.

Another five people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, bringing the total death toll so far to 362, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Wednesday. It is about four men and one woman aged between 55 and 74.

The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 102 on Wednesday after a female patient passed away, Skai reported.

The patient was a 86-year-old woman being treated in Alexandroupoli, according to the report.

Washington-based John Hopkins University says on its portal dedicated to the coronavirus that just under two million people have been infected with COVID-19 virus - 1.982.552.
However, according to the latest WHO data, last updated yesterday, there are 1.848.439 confirmed cases worldwide.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide passed 1.98 million on April 15 as the pandemic swept across the globe.

Johns Hopkins University's website showed over 126,000 people have died from the virus.

The total number of people recovered from COVID-19 reached passed 493,000 according to the data.

Americas

Coronavirus infections rose to 695 in Cyprus on Tuesday where 33 more people tested positive for the virus, according to Health Ministry officials.

According to the ministry's daily briefing, three of the new cases were identified from a total of 655 coronavirus tests conducted in the framework of the targeted tests on employees of businesses continuing to operate amid the outbreak.

A patient with confirmed coronavirus infection escaped today from the Infectious Diseases Department of Stara Zagora Hospital. The man, who is about 50 years old, took a taxi to his home village of Panicherevo. He was treated for COVID-19 for four days. Police officers found the man in his home and brought him back to the University Hospital "Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich".

Another five people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of deaths from COVID-19 to 351, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Tuesday. The latest victims are four men and a woman, aged between 56 and 86. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Florin Marin; EN - author: Simona Klodnischi, editor: Simona Iacob)

Chinese authorities have approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus that killed over 100,000 people worldwide, Reuters reported, citing the state media Xinhua.